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leaves glossy and dark green; yellow flowers in profusion, 

 in cymes; buy plants,- blossoms in July and on to Septem- 

 ber. 

 6 — Juniperus Sahina, prostrata: prostrate juniper or cedar; 

 eighteen inches to three feet high, prostrate branches; dry 

 rocky or gravelly soil will do though a fairly moist sandy 

 loam is preferred, in a sunny and open situation; usually 

 the branches are long and trailing, and numerously branched ; 

 evergreen foliage, bluish-green; buy plants. 



Stony Land 

 Some of the plants listed here are useful in rock gardening 

 also; but the distinction here made between stony land and 

 rocky land is such that they fall naturally under this head. 

 Stony land means earth which has been deposited under glacial 

 action and is full of boulders and round stones. It is sometimes 

 dry and sometimes quite moist; not infrequently springs 

 abound; it is usually well drained however, owing to the pres- 

 ence in it of so much loose matter. 



IN FULL SUN 



I — Dicksonia punctiloba: hay-scented or gossamer fern; one to 

 two feet high ; dry soil or moist soil well drained ; delightful 

 when massed in open places, the plants set eight inches 

 apart ; buy plants or clumps. 



2 — Phlox subulata: creeping phlox, grovmd or moss pink; four 

 to six inches thick, creeping, tufted and forming dense mats ; 

 dry and sandy banks, up to and around stones and boulders; 

 perfect ground cover, moss-like in effect; sheets of white 

 and rosy red flowers — the white form, shaded to pink, is the 

 best; buy plants; blossoms in May. 



